#C959EE#C959EE

#C959EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.229 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C959EE
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(285, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 66.06, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 86.54, 319.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.1666 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.229 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0901, 25.7370, 83.5703)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C959EE #7EEE59

analogous

#7F59EE #C959EE #EE59C8

triadic

#C959EE #EEC959 #59EEC9

tetradic

#C959EE #EE7F59 #7EEE59 #59C8EE

square

#C959EE #EE7F59 #7EEE59 #59C8EE

split-complementary

#C959EE #C8EE59 #59EE7F

monochromatic

#9013BA #B721E8 #C959EE #DB91F4 #EDC8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#C959EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#C959EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C959EE

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C959EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C959EE	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2584F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7749C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c959ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.229 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8ef4',
    500: '#c959ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c959ee;
$custom-light: #dd8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c959ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.101,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66458,
    "c": 0.22865,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C959EE

secondary

#C4EBB7

accent

#DE083D

background

#FEF9FF

surface

#FCF1FE

border

#D5CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C959EE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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